2 October 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 October 2008

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R
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A
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V
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E
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N
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S
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C
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A
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T
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R
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E
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A
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D
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U
P
O
N
E
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T
U
B
A
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I
P
S
E
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B
A
T
T
W
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I
R
L
E
R
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L
I
S
P
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C
E
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S
M
U
T
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D
E
C
O
R
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K
E
R
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O
U
A
C
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T
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R
O
U
N
C
E
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P
I
C
K
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Y
O
U
R
P
O
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S
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A
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S
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S
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T
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A
N
N
A
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V
A
S
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W
A
N
D
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G
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A
N
G
S
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F
E
T
E
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A
T
A
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D
O
W
N
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D
A
L
E
S
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Y
U
K
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T
E
R
R
I
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T
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O
R
Y
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G
R
E
E
L
E
Y
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A
M
O
E
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B
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A
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S
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A
D
E
N
I
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P
R
E
P
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O
N
T
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M
A
Y
O
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B
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R
A
I
N
S
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U
R
G
E
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E
Y
E
R
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C
A
L
F
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I
N
A
I
R
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S
S
S
S
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C
H
E
F
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N
I
X
O
N

Hints & Clues

Across
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In a poem, it "perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door" : RAVEN
6
Sing like Mel Tormé : SCAT
10
Use cue cards : READ
14
Slightly ahead : UPONE
15
Part of a military band : TUBA
16
___ dixit : IPSE
17
Anxious baseball player at the plate? : BATTWIRLER
19
Talk like Daffy : LISP
20
Supermarket bagful : ICE
21
Great literature it's not : SMUT
22
Wallpaper and such : DECOR
23
"Big Sur" writer, 1962 : KEROUAC
25
Worst in the worst way : TROUNCE
27
Sign above a luau buffet? : PICKYOURPOIS
29
Working factory, e.g. : ASSET
32
Actress Popplewell of "The Chronicles of Narnia" : ANNA
33
___ in victory : VAS
34
Hogwarts stick : WAND
35
High-school disrupters : GANGS
37
Big party : FETE
38
___ premium : ATA
39
Out of order : DOWN
40
Broad valleys : DALES
41
Land of laughs? : YUKTERRITORY
45
Horace who founded the New York Tribune : GREELEY
46
They may be seen on slides : AMOEBAS
50
Certain resident of Yemen : ADENI
51
Ready : PREP
52
Home of Sault Ste. Marie: Abbr. : ONT
53
It may be held at a 39-Down : MAYO
54
Flood of ideas? : BRAINSURGE
57
Observer : EYER
58
Barn young 'un : CALF
59
Where to see "bombs bursting" : INAIR
60
Flat sound : SSSS
61
One who wants you to put away everything he sets out : CHEF
62
Two-time Time Man of the Year (and a hint to 17-, 27-, 41- and 54-Across) : NIXON
Down
1
1980s craze starter : RUBIK
2
Quickly : APACE
3
Campaign target : VOTER
4
Suffix with insist : ENT
5
Preinterview purchase, maybe : NEWSUIT
6
Lit, as a match : STRUCK
7
Zealot's group : CULT
8
Five-spot : ABE
9
Contents of some pits : TAR
10
Provoke : RILEUP
11
"War and Peace," e.g. : EPICNOVEL
12
Business partner : ASSOCIATE
13
Takes the starch out of : DEPRESSES
18
Product promoted as having both "beauty" and "brains" : IMAC
22
Nickelodeon's explorer : DORA
24
Newspaper piece : OPED
25
Chinese secret society : TONG
26
Directs : RUNS
28
One-named New Age musician : YANNI
29
Road trip events : AWAYGAMES
30
Popular dates for dates : SATURDAYS
31
Loser at the dice table : SNAKEEYES
35
Blood : GORE
36
Out of whack : AWRY
37
Actress Dunaway : FAYE
39
Shop with 53-Across : DELI
40
Pays a visit : DROPSIN
42
Choir section : TENORS
43
Duty : TARIFF
44
Harbinger : OMEN
47
Powdered cleaning agent : BORAX
48
Hospital procedure, for short : ANGIO
49
Draconian : STERN
51
Washed out : PALE
54
Abbr. atop some e-mails : BCC
55
Cheering word : RAH
56
Sea urchin, at a sushi bar : UNI